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| gambling tables. The Cercle d'Aix-les-Bains pays Colonne really enormous figure for the services of himself and his orchestra, one of the finest in Europe, but it is hard to believe that money is not made over and above ex- penses at the Villa des Fleurs, where expen- diture on the part of the public is lavis1,- and where they gamble for high stakes. The gaming table is a far more liberal place than the table d'hote, for in the salle de jeu respectable but curious matrons rub shoulders with frisky and painted young per sons, who would never be allowed to dine in their company at any hotel. One becomes used to everything, and existence in 8 conti- mental watering place soop accustoms Ameri- cans and English to the spectacle of duch- ess putting down ten-franc piece side by side with the golden louis of a cocotte, and of 8 respectable and church-going citizen of the United States rubbing shoulders at cards with cut-throat adventurer. A celebrated English comedian and wel1-known singer, American by birth, English by reputation, Italian by name, fairly haunts the green cloth, replacing the excitement of active life before the footlights with the hopes and fears that hang upon a nine spot The most desperate gambler at Ak les Rains is, how ever, woman, Greek by birth. This devo- tee of the green cloth does not take her seat at the table on account of her sex, but plays over the shoulders of sterner man in one ! hundred franc bills, and she risks five hun
 
 that she might put down one hundred sous 1 This woman, who is immensely rich, has face that painter might take as an unlove- ly model The expression is that of fer ret, and the rat-like co6ntenance has it's re- semblance to rodent intensified by 8 her vous twitching of the tightly compressed, | thin lips and the conical chin. The small l eyes stare from under a mass of grizzled ! gray hair; the skin is red and guiltless of the | soItenlng application of anything like pou- from the tables of the Cercle d'Aix-les-Bains | to those of the Villa des Fleurs and back l again, does not devote much attention to her | costume. It consists of black dress, not l too well made; black jet bonnet and, like I the true gambler that she is, no gloves. While she plays she keeps shifting and counting the white and blue one hundred franc notes. When called upon to give change she takes gold from purse, but as ! rule she despises the metal and deals only in 1
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COMMUNICATION.
No Corner in Missionaries.

No Corner in Missionaries,
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 In the JOURNAL AND COURIER of Monday morning this alarm among others is sounded ''That record (the record of what was done at Springfeld) is the revelation to the world of the wrong which has cost us the loss of scores of our most promising young men from the missionary service, and which is said by those in position to know to be costing our missions in Japan to day the loss of some fifty consecrated young women from the graduates and the pupils of the sin gle college of Wellesley"
 It does not become us in our modesty to question the taste shown by the above ex- tract in making such insidious comparisons between those hypothetical candidates for mission service and those who have offered themselves and with few exceptions been &C., cepted and commissioned.
 In hoisting these danger signals it would be expecting too much of poor human nature to ask him to call attention to the fact that in the first year after the preliminary conser- vative stand taken at Des Moines (and the action or record before mentioned is called by the Springfield Republican 'fDes Moines Over Again. forty-four persons were sent by the board into the foreign field by new ap- pointment, which is eighteen more than the average for the past twelve years. Besides bAooO HOW opFOAuuu1CAtS 4OIty-tWO udV0 TS- turned to their former fields of labor There are still under appointment in this country, soon to enter upon their work enough to make total of seventy-one names added to the list of missionary laborers since the last annual meeting. More than in any one year for forty years and twice the average number of recent years, and fully as many as the receipts of the treasury would support. If these figures have been given in any of your reports they ought to be given again in connection with the alarm about lack of mon and women offering for the work. The result has apparently been just the opposite and the rejection of half dozen or SC on which so much talk has been wasted has not made "corner" in missionaries or left the treasury with surplus in hand to any alarm ing extent. LAYMAN.
 October 10, 1887.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-12
WOMEN WHO GAMBLE.
Pictures From the Fashlonabls CasI
 nos of Afx-Les.Bafns.

nos of Afx.Les.BafnS.
 From Lt tier to the Boston Herald.l
 There are two casinos st Aix-les- Bains, and consequently two gambling saloons and two sets of little horses. The more stseri- ous" of the two casinos, the Cercle d'Aix-les- Bains, has replaced the former inferior salle de jeu with new and sumptuous apart- ment, which fairly rivals that of the gay re- sort of the place, poetically and significantly denominated the Villa des Fleurs. The Vil- la des Fleurs is t'fast," and though ladies oc- casionslly wander in there out of curiosity, it is scarcely the place to which any self-re- specting young woman of the present day would take her own mother. As often happens, however, the surroundings are prettier and more fascinating than those of the Cercle. Only man is vile. The two cas- inos, though taking in about seven hundred thousand francs apiece each season, are not supposed to make much money and do not declare dividends. They are philanthropie institutions, designed for the amusement of the populace. The salaries of an operatic and theatrical troupe and of an orchestra and band, the cost of fireworks and of improve ments are presumed to eat up the profits of the restaurants, the performances and the
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HOW GIRLS sHT DOWN,
A Complicated Process Requiring
 Thought and Praetfce

A Complicated Process Requiring
 Thought and Practice.
 The variety of complicated chairs in the theaters make it 8 matter of concern to get safely seated To wemen the problem is rendered further difficult by bustles A New York Sun reporter watched two girls as they took places in front of him. If you have ever seen pet dog curl himself up for nap near the fireplace, you have fair idea of how these girls got into their seats. They added to the dogs man9uvres the sinuous grace of the cat who nestles down for the same purpose. The dog, you remember, takes good look at the vicinity and selects the spot where he will lie. He scans it closely and, keeping his eyes upon it, turns clear around. Then he turns around again, and as the revolution continues he gradually settles down, and down, and down, until at the end of perhaps the fourth round he is on the floor, his tail curled up in front of him, his paws stretched out and his nose upon them. It takes nice calculation on the dog's part to get down as he desires. These girls having found their places with reasonable di- rectness looked at them carefully and turned round. They could not well twist their necks about, as the dog does, to see that they do not escape their mark, but they settled slowly, with an undulatory motion, after the manner of the cat. That great tournure, you know, is elastic as well as rigid, and it only needs that it shall be crushed in the right way for it to resume it's original form without accident when the pressure is re- leased; but if a sideways pressure is exerted upon It 1G becomes critical moment for the dress. Now it does not follow that a girl can sit directly down upon the tournure with safety to it. It is a recaleitrant creation and resents being driven. It may be coaxed, but an attempt to subdue it at one fell swoop is likely to end disastrously, for it will slip away to one side, and then, if it is not hope lessly out of place, the wearer will have to begin all over again. So the girls had to come down slowly, waving their bodies from side to side, bringing pressure to bear upon the tournure gently, and finally insinuating themselves into their chairs when the hustle wasn't thinking.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-12
Queer Transfornations.


 The principle of the indestructibility of matter impresses manufacturers of all class es, says St. Louis Globe writer. A steer is driven into stock car at his native ranch, and shortly after he is distributed over the country as dressed beef, canned beef, glue, horn combs, horn buttons, neatsfoot oil, ole omargarine, plasterer's hair, leather and fer tilizing material. The same way it is with a cotton plant, which does duty as cotton cloth, good imitation of jute mating, as eottonseed oil, as oil cake for feeding cattle when the oil is pressed out, and even the little cotton fibre which attaches to the seed is neatly peeled off and used in the manufac- ture of the clothing material known as shod. dy. In the tobacco manufacturing business for many years the stems taken from the leaves were so much waste, except the small proportion that found it's way into the very coarse grades of smoking tobacco, for which there is no longer market. From the nico- tine in the stems is now extracted, by steam ing, what is known as "sheep wash," a h- quid for killing vermin that infest sheep. This alone saves the wool interest of Ameri- ca millions of dollars annually in checking various diseases The stems, even after this process, are found to be an invaluable fertiIi- ger, and the great western tobacco manufac- turers ship to the impoverished farms of the eastern States thousands of bales annually of tobacco stems.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-12

The annual report of the judge advocate general will show that there is 6 steady de- crease in intemperauce in the rank and file of the army. If the truth has been told, the army needs decrease of this kind among the officers as we'll as the rank and file.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-12
SKIRT DEPARTMENT.
NIAGARA CORSETs.

On Monday, Oct. 10, we shall open an other large invoice of Niagara Corsets, in White and Drab, at 50c each. This Corset has been success from the moment it was laid on our counters. It is made for us, and for shape, quality and real value is without a superior at soc; in fact, it is worth much more, but we are bound to have the best soc corset for leader.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

According to San Francisco decision, a reporter is privileged person." the same as doctor. lawyer or minister, and can not tell the sources of his information in cer- tain cases.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-12

On October 1 the sale of oIeomargarine was forbidden by law in Berlin, and now the authorities are confronted with the chem ists' certificates showing that the bogus but ter is really superior to the real.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-12

In article in the Congregationalist Rev. Dr. Daniel Dorchester shows that the annual contributions of all the evangelical denomina- tions in this country to home and foreign missions average less than sixty cents per member, and the percentage of the contribu- tions to the whole amount of property be- longing to Christians is about one-half 8 cent on dollar.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-12

A German anarchist who is under prose cution at Leipsie is being tried with closed doors, deprived of the companionship and sympathy of his friends, while the news papers are not allowed to publish anything in regard to the matter. This is in striking contrast with the proceedings in this country in the case of the Chicago anarchists.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-12

't5uppose. Tommy" said a Kansas City teacher, ''that your father owned forty lots, and man from Chicago should buy sixteen of them, and man from St. Louis should buy twenty, what would be lefta'' "Where are the men from" asked Tommy, "Chica- go and St. Louis?' "Yes" s'Pa would be left; he wouldn't get any money."-The Epoch.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-10-12

The importance of purifying the blood can not be overestimated, for without pure blood you cannot enjoy good health.
 At this season nearly every one needs good medicine to purify, vita1ize, and enrich the blood, and Hoods Sarsaparilla is worthy your confidence. It is peculiar in that it strengthens and bslilds up the system, creates an appetite, and tones the digestion, while it eradicates disease. Give it trial.
 Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold by all druggists. : Prepared by c. I. Hood 6 Co.,, Lowell, Mass.
 100 Doses One Dollar
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MCINTYRE, MAGUIRE & co.
Grand Opening of Fall Bargains
 ON MONDAY OCTOBER 10TH.


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FANCY SUITS.
BLACK DRESS SUITS.

Our black suits in whipcord are unrival- led. They have proved already all that may be said in their favor. The finest new lot just in have all the new shapes and new features in finish. Sacks, 4-button cut away frocks and Prince Alberts. Prices, s1O. $500, 5000, $2aO s25,0O, $28.OO and 5000.
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@tsIelI lIameu11s.
STrCLOTHLuC.

All look for it, and all may find it. The early fall demand finds us ready to meet it. Our stock of Men'ss Youths and Boys Clothing is complete, and all may be satis- fed at prices to suit.
 FANCY SUITS, Or Suits in colors, will be worn generally this fall. The new designs in Cassimeres, Cheviots, Homespuns and Worsteds find favor at once. They represent the highest class of ready made garments very nearly, if not quite equal, to custom make at prices one-third less. As these suits are made in our own manufactory, by our own journey neymen tailors, we are prepared to vouch for their careful make and finish. Every garment is cut after the latest model of style. In Sacks and 4 button Cutaway Frocks, prices $6.5O, s7.5O, $s.5O, 5000, s12. 100, $500, $500, $2o. %, s2s.oo $a5.oo and S2S, ,OO,
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Tokio, Japan, is making progress. It has handsome and commodieus railroad sta tion. There are number of street car lines, and the streets are lighted with gas. Tele- graph lines stretch in all directions; high schools and common schools are being estab- lished, and the university will compare fla vorably with many in this country. There are many hourishing factories already estab- lished, and altogether the city is more like an American than an Oriental town.
 Eighty eight men, who are called "rebels, belonging to certain sect," have been be- headed at one time in Chang Chou, China. The offence of this sect seems to be that they appear in the streets as vendors of children E toys, the chief of which are cash swords, daggers and dragons, each formed out of 180 of the cash coins, strung together in various shapes. They are said-to have annoyed the people great deal by cheating the children, and to have caused much disturbance by hig- giing about prices, and Chinese paper naively adds: 'fSince the aforementioned cases have been so severely dealt with not one of them has been seen on the street. The people highly appreciate the enforcement of stringent laws and prompt action."
 It has been recently asserted that the inn
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY. 15 CENTS WEEK, 50 GENTS MONTH, $3. .OO FOR SIX MONTHS, $500 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS By MAIL.
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Howe & StGtSOl
"COrreCt Prices.

inches wide, at 75c yd. These goods have never been retailed under $1 yard.
 Dress Goods at 50c yard-At this pop ular price we offer an assortment of Plain and Fancy Goods that are very attractive. Ladies will find Fabrics on this counter that are actually worth 75 cents.
 SILK DEPARTMENT.
 The greatest Silk bargain of the season is our Black Faille Franchise, at S9c g yard. We have only few pieces and cannot dupli- cate them.
 Special bargain in Black Gros Grain Silks at $1. This is well-made reliable Silk, and is 6 regular $1.25 number.
 Great Sale of our Black Velvets, 22 and 26 inches wide, at $1.45, $1.67, $1.75, $1.85, $1.95 and $225 yard. These Velvets are much under price, and are fully appreciated by all who have examined them. Great assortment Cloakings at $1. 50, $1. .75, $2, $2.25, $2.50, $3 yard and upwards All new, stylish goods and the prices are right
 SKIRT DEPARTMENT. Black Lasting Skirts, with quilting 10 inches deep, at soc each. Black Lasting Skirts 75c, $1. New Fast Black Lasting l Skirts, $1.25, $1.5O, $1.75, g up to $3.75 | each. Pretty Cloth Skirts, 75o, 99c, $1, $1.25, $1.50 and upwards. A bargain in l dark Melton Cloth Skirts, with plaited | rufle and braid trimmings, at $1 each.
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Ginger Ale sI Per Dozen.

Sold and recommended by Wells & Calhoun wholesale agents, New Haven, Conn. jy15eodaw
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WYE are enabled to offer this season f1rst-class w and reliable Ginger Ale of the celebrated "Delatour" manufacture at $1 per dozen. Com parison solicited with any brand, foreign or do nestdc. E E. HALL SON.
 ITO Chapel Street
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-03-05

hand, it would make frst-class Dairy or Truck
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Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM IOWA.
OLDs, HENRY County, Iowa, !

OLDs, HENRY County, Iowa,
February 2lst, 1887.
Messrs. Editors Although it has been twenty
eight years since left your delightful country,
still have warm spot in my heart for you all. I
left Baltimore county when a young, hopeful
stripping, yet your genial Southern ways, your
climate your hills, woods and sunny dells have
for me an Undesirable charm that neither time
nor distance can obliterate, and it may be that an
over ruling Providence may yet so open the way
that may again cast my lot among you as
tiller of the soil.
The State of Iowa is more progressive in many
ways than the East. Our soil is black loan
from four TO ten feet in DEPTH Our prairie lands
are fertile, with NO hills and stones to contend
with. We can stand drouth, but rainy weather
demoralizes us. But that is being helped every
year by drainage, which has almost become gen.
eral.
When came here the distance was twelve miles
to railroad station and postofice. Mt. Pleasant
is our county seat and was then our trading point
Now am surrounded by small towns, one mile
from q postofice and station, two miles from
Wayne, on the narrow gauge Northwestern and
with two other railroads in easy reach. But when
we consider climate, prices and ready market for
all kinds of produce, old Maryland has the ad-
vantage.
ne use corn-pIanters ana combined check
rowers, by the aid of which one man can plant
from FIVE to ten acres per day. With these ma
chimes you can plant right after the pillow Guilt
vator. In threshing we use steam almost entirely.
We have traction engines ON the roads pulling the
whole threshing outfit by steam. There are two
of these in our neighborhood. The thrcshing is
generally done from the shock. The crops last
year were about medium. Hay was light; oats
averaged from 81 to 30 bushels per acre; corn IS
to so bushels; wheat was good, but only small
acreage was sown, as the crop had been failure
for several years. Farmers depend on horses,
cattle and hogs principally. The dairy interest
has become quite an item in Iowa. The Norman
horse has the lead among farmers, they bring
the best prices. Buyers come all the way from
Pennsylvania. Mr.. Miller, of Harrisburg, bought
car load of horses in four days in our immediate
neighborhood. We have two imported Norman
stallions
If this does not find its way to the waste basket
you may hear from me again. M. ID.
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II. G. TURNBULL, JR.,

and fifteen miles from Washington. Price 81, 900
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Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
BUcKHoRN, AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS, |
Fehruarv 10Th. 1887.

BUcKHoRN, AUSTIN COUNTY, TEXAS,
February 10th, 1887.
Messrs. Editors THE UNION came with its
usual promptness on Friday and met with very
cordial reception. We found it filed with interes-
ting news from all portions of our old native coun-
ty of Baltimore If you have ever been more than
two thousand miles from your birth place, among
entire strangers, you can in some degree at least
appreciate the real pleasure of reading paper
from "home, sweet home"
I am seated in the schoolroom at the hour of
noon, listening to the thousand and one different
noises which the scholars are making on the play
ground. l imagine it would be novel sight to
you to observe the little folks as they come to
school and return after study hours, about sixty
in number, nearly all riding Mustang ponies; fire.
quently two and often three children ride on one
pony. During the day these hardy little creatures
stand hitched to the yard fence or at stake out
the prairie grass until time to carry their riders
back home. Some Of the pupils come distance
of four miles. The free school law admits scholars
from eight to sixteen years of age. All over and
under these ages who desire to attend school are
required to pay $3.50 per month tuition fee. We
have pupils from seven to eighteen years of age.
The new court house at Bellville, our county
seat, is rapidly nearing completion and is indeed
handsome as we'll as substantial structure, COW
ering an area Of about ninety by eighty feet and
over one hundred feet high from the foundation to
the top of the cupola. The building is Of brick,
with galvanized iron cornce and Mansard roof
covered with slate. 1t was erected by contract at
a cost of $37,500.
The order of the day among farmers of this
vicinity is planting corn. Some have finished
Irish potatoes are up and seem to be doing well.
notice some about four inches above ground.
Old Irish potatoes are very scarce and dear, as
they generally are at this season of the year, it
being almost impossible to keep them from rotting
during the winter. They selling at $3.50 per
barrel. Sweets are more plentifu and are worth
about so cents per bushel.
Gardens are receiving considerable attention
| and present appearances give fair showing for
early garden vegetables. We have peas, string
beans, radishes, beets and other garden truck
growing. Our garden is somewhat late.
Yours, &C., RoAMER.